paper, the same authors that track uncertainty say: "increases are driven mainly by tax, spending and healthcare policy uncertainty." the consequence: lower economic growth and millions of potential jobs lost. now if our government can just get its act together, provide some clarity and then get out of the way of the private sector then maybe our economy can get roaring again, just like it used to. i'm simon constable. >> tom: finally tonight, a twitter inspired term garnering new fame: the american dialect society named "hashtag" its word of the year for 2012. for those who don't tweet, hashtag is the practice used on twitter for marking topics with a hash symbol (#) followed by a word or phrase. the runner ups for word of the year included: fiscal cliff, gangnam style, and marriage equality. past winners include, occupy, tweet, and bailout. that's "nightly business report" for monday, january 7. have a great evening everyone, we'll see you online at: www.nbr.com and back here tomorrow night. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> join us anytime